Project Delivery Director

JOB DESCRIPTION

A Project Delivery Director reports directly to the group CEO as a key member of the senior leadership team. Responsible for the expansion of the business, this role has been created due to the unprecedented and continued growth of xDNA both organically and through successful acquisitions with a plan to double growth year on year.

Part of the responsibility is to define and shape the process of all xDNA’s services including Design, Software Engineering and Marketing Services and to ensure timely delivery and the highest quality solutions with excellent customer expectations. He/she should have the ability to lead with a technical background as well as experience in working with departmental managers across multiple disciplines. Travel will be an important part of the role, visiting London once or twice a year to work with your UK counterpart, meeting customers, as well as host reciprocal visits to Manila.

A SUMMARY OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review, analyze and evaluate business processes. Implements policies and procedures that will improve day-to-day operations.
• Management, leadership and governance of the end-to-end delivery processes with responsibility for the quality of pre-delivery scoping, budgets, detailed Project Plans and high-quality delivery exceeding customer expectations.
• Managing a large team of Project Managers, working on a variety of design, software engineering and marketing projects.
• Management of software releases from sprint through to systems test, UAT and deployment.
• Lead a globally distributed team, with the majority in the Philippines, this would include overseas in the UK, US and different time zones.
• Responsible for the delivery of all projects On Time and On Budget, whilst meeting and managing client expectations.
• Responsible for holding all stakeholders accountable for delivering to plan.

WE WANT YOU TO HAVE

• 6-10 years of experience leading large-scale software or marketing projects and teams on national accounts. Experience managing resource allocations for multi-disciplinary teams effectively, within a given budget and timeline.
• Highly organized approach to scheduling, forecasting, and managing vendors & partners.
• Experience coordinating with teams across multiple disciplines.
• Understanding and working knowledge of web technologies such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, and content management systems e.g WordPress and Shopify would be beneficial.
• A deep understanding of project management software to make recommendations on improvements.
• Stakeholder Management - able to demonstrate proven stakeholder management skills (internal and external). Proven experience working up to c-level is therefore mandatory.
• Team Management & Leadership - Imperative that you bring proven leadership skills to the table as this role will see you take ownership of a portfolio of work, as well as line managing a growing team.

ABOUT XDNA

xDNA Digital Agency, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Established 3 years ago in the UK with 2 staff and now boasts over 130 dedicated employees globally, with a target to double its size by 2024. xDNA group have blue chip customers in the UK and US with plans to expand into the Middle East and Australia in 2023.

We are one of the fastest-growing IT companies and one of the best to work for in Manila. We continue to strive to be at par with the rest of the world in providing the best services in software development and design such as websites, e-commerce, application builds and enterprise software projects.

Recently, we acquired one of the most prominent digital marketing agencies in London UK that offer traditional digital marketing services such as SEO, content creation, PPC and managing the performance of customers' marketing spend.